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A Massachusetts teenager died Friday after he took part in a viral social media trend known as the "One Chip Challenge," which the teen's family believes contributed to his untimely death, according to reports.
Sharing the details of her son's death with NBC 10 Boston, Lois Wolobah, mother of 14-year-old Harris Wolobah, said the teen's family believes he died as a result of the challenge after he ate an extremely spicy Paqui chip at school and became sick afterward.


After eating the chip, Wolobah, a sophomore at Doherty Memorial High School in Worcester at the time of his death, was picked up by his family from the school and reportedly started feeling better.

Wolobah was later found passed out by his brother just before basketball tryouts around 4:30 p.m. that evening and taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, his mother told the outlet.

The Paqui chip challenge, which is promoted on the company's website, tests an individual's ability to eat the chip and hold out on drinking any liquids to limit or relieve the burning sensation.

The chip offered this year by the company, according to the website, contains Carolina Reaper Pepper and Naga Viper Pepper for a "truly twisted experience."




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